Bikers collect half a tonne of bottle tops for Air Ambulance charity

Carl and Kate Whiting, of Sandhurst, have spent three years collecting milk bottletops

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Half a tonne of milk bottle lids have been collected by bikers to raise money for the air ambulance.

Carl and Kate Whiting, of Sandhurst, have spent three years collecting the lids with the help of family and friends and the Thames Valley Vultures motorcycle club.

The couple, who are members of the Vultures, say the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance is a cause close to their and fellow bikers’ hearts because of its rapid response time to motorcycle accidents.

Kate said: “Our shed and greenhouse and every spare room in the house is filled with bottle lids.

“We sort them and bag them and the company picks them up.

“It takes an awful long time to get half a tonne.”

The plastic lids will be recycled into children’s toys or more lids by Portsmouth-based GHS, which will donate money to the charity in return for the haul.